Did you know that approximately one in ten people in the United States either have tried or currently do own a home based business?? As the choices for working from home are almost unlimited, it is best to choose that home based business which allows you to best relate to your peers. You have a choice to either offer your own product or service, or represent another product or service as an affiliate or independent distributor. These alternatives allow you great flexibility in following your passion as you build your home based business.It is important to offer your customer a legitimate opportunity to pursue for their home business. Your passion for that opportunity will greatly assist you when attempting to convey the benefits of your product or service to your customer. While building your business, you will have the choice of either spending time to develop the required structure, or spending money to hire others to help develop your business model.One of the positive aspects of your home based business is that ordinary people have the opportunity to earn a five or six figure income, without the normal prerequisites usually required for such a significant income. Motivated people are able to start and build their home based business on a minimal budget, but eventually earn that significant income for themselves and their families.Adversely, be aware that a great percentage of people fail to make money with their home based business. It is important to have access to training and marketing systems which educate you in the modern methods of attraction marketing, branding, and lead generation. Different systems offer different means of compensation, but a successful home based business can generate a five to six figure income. The successful business model will not only offer compensation upfront, but will also provide an opportunity to earn residual income.Starting your home based business should be preceded by you doing the required research necessary for your success. Finding the right company with the marketing, education, and compensation plan in place will greatly increase your potential for profitability. As always, your chances of success will be increased should you work with a company, service, or product that fits your personality and interests.